Spider-Man 3 on Blu-ray, DVD and UMD in October

Sony today said that it will be releasing Spider-Man 3, which is estimated to have raked in $888 million so far, on Blu-ray, DVD and UMD on October 30. Besides the standard versions of the movie, Sony will be selling a two-disc Special Edition as well as a three-pack, which will include Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man 3 and com in – you guessed it – "collectible" O-Ring packaging.

The single-disc version will be priced at $28.97 (DVD, UMD), the two disc version will be priced at $36.95 (DVD) and $49.95 (Blu-ray) and the 3-pack will carry a suggested retail price of $38.96 (DVD) and $98.95 (Blu-ray).

@1.1 Because "Upscaled" isn't high definition whereas Bluray is high definition. Some people including myself want to be able to see the film at its best quality for picture and for sound. The DVD won't have a 7.1 uncompressed PCM soundtrack.

I agree however, 1080i on a 32" display, sitting from a couple of meters back doesn't offer much advantage for HD over upscaled DVD. Yes there is an improvement but not one worth spending $2,999 (NZD) on a dedicated player.

I could only recommend HD playback if you have a true 1080p resolution display or your screen size is 42" and above.

"Though most of the news on N4G is directly game related it doesn’t necessarily have to be. A news story about a new technology for use in HDTVs is not directly related to video games but would still be of interest to many gamers. The Tech category would be fitting for this story."

IT DOESNT mean JUST tech , the main word is :

"not directly related to video games but would still be of interest to many gamers "

"Though most of the news on N4G is directly game related it doesn’t necessarily have to be. A news story about a new technology for use in HDTVs is not directly related to video games but would still be of interest to many gamers. The Tech category would be fitting for this story.'

See the bit where it says about "a news story about a new technology" ? New movie releases do not fit into that category - no matter which way you try to spin it.

Yeah but people with sense buy there blurays off the internet, much cheaper that way. I've also noticed that blockbuster sell there blurays fairly cheap, they've got Blood Diamond for £17 and also Tesco had a couple for just £13. Its just places like HMV that are selling them at a high price.

Looks like good news for the Blu-ray camp. The price is a bit too much right now but early adopters of this format will suffer by paying more. I'm surprised the Blu-ray version is getting two discs but I'm guessing they exceeded the 50 GB limit due to the full HD transfer of the movies and features. I hope it looks as good as Bond did. Here are the links with more details on the movie:

$50 dollars for sub par Spiderman movie. Don't get me wrong I like Sam Raimi but he tried to fit too much in to the movie and ending was very lame. I couldn't stop laughing at the corny ending where Spiderman teamed up.

maybe they'll add stuff to the film, as it was horribly edited. the movie was already 2 and a half hours long, with what was included. i have a feeling that they cut quite a bit out of the movie for running time, and it was, i'm sure, sadly character development stuff.

at it's core, Spider-Man is a summer action movie. people expect action in a summer action movie.

i love Spider-Man 2 to death, but all of the character development and growth slowed the film down. the complete *HALF HOUR of screentime after Peter stops being Spider-Man drops the pace significantly. i fast-forward through that part now.

it's a weird thing to say, since i'm all for character growth and development in a movie, but sometimes you just want good clean fun, and the third in a series is usually going to have more brawn than brains anyway.